QTableWidget

The QTableWidget class provides an item-based table view with a default model. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget

Synopsis

Functions

Virtual functions

Slots

Signals

Detailed Description

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Table widgets provide standard table display facilities for applications. The items in a QTableWidget are provided by QTableWidgetItem .

If you want a table that uses your own data model you should use QTableView rather than this class.

Table widgets can be constructed with the required numbers of rows and columns:

tableWidget = QTableWidget(12, 3, self)

Alternatively, tables can be constructed without a given size and resized later:

tableWidget = QTableWidget(self)        tableWidget.setRowCount(10)
tableWidget.setColumnCount(5)

Items are created outside the table (with no parent widget) and inserted into the table with setItem() :

newItem = QTableWidgetItem(tr("%1").arg(()
    (row+1)*(column+1)))
tableWidget.setItem(row, column, newItem)

If you want to enable sorting in your table widget, do so after you have populated it with items, otherwise sorting may interfere with the insertion order (see setItem() for details).

Tables can be given both horizontal and vertical headers. The simplest way to create the headers is to supply a list of strings to the setHorizontalHeaderLabels() and setVerticalHeaderLabels() functions. These will provide simple textual headers for the table’s columns and rows. More sophisticated headers can be created from existing table items that are usually constructed outside the table. For example, we can construct a table item with an icon and aligned text, and use it as the header for a particular column:

cubesHeaderItem = QTableWidgetItem(tr("Cubes"))
cubesHeaderItem.setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap(":/Images/cubed.png")))
cubesHeaderItem.setTextAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter)

The number of rows in the table can be found with rowCount() , and the number of columns with columnCount() . The table can be cleared with the clear() function.

class PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget([parent=None])

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget(rows, columns[, parent=None])

Parameters

Creates a new table view with the given parent.

Creates a new table view with the given rows and columns, and with the given parent.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellActivated(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellChanged(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellClicked(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellDoubleClicked(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellEntered(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellPressed(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.cellWidget(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

Returns the widget displayed in the cell in the given row and column.

Note

The table takes ownership of the widget.

See also

setCellWidget()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.clear()

Removes all items in the view. This will also remove all selections and headers. If you don’t want to remove the headers, use clearContents() . The table dimensions stay the same.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.clearContents()

Removes all items not in the headers from the view. This will also remove all selections. The table dimensions stay the same.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.closePersistentEditor(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Closes the persistent editor for item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.column(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Return type

int

Returns the column for the item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.columnCount()
Return type

int

This property holds the number of columns in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.currentCellChanged(currentRow, currentColumn, previousRow, previousColumn)
Parameters
  • currentRow – int

  • currentColumn – int

  • previousRow – int

  • previousColumn – int

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.currentColumn()
Return type

int

Returns the column of the current item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.currentItem()
Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the current item.

See also

setCurrentItem()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.currentItemChanged(current, previous)
Parameters
PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.currentRow()
Return type

int

Returns the row of the current item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.dropMimeData(row, column, data, action)
Parameters
Return type

bool

Handles the data supplied by a drag and drop operation that ended with the given action in the given row and column. Returns true if the data and action can be handled by the model; otherwise returns false.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.editItem(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Starts editing the item if it is editable.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.findItems(text, flags)
Parameters
  • text – str

  • flagsMatchFlags

Return type

Finds items that matches the text using the given flags.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.horizontalHeaderItem(column)
Parameters

column – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the horizontal header item for column, column, if one has been set; otherwise returns None.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.indexFromItem(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QModelIndex

Returns the QModelIndex associated with the given item.

Note

In Qt versions prior to 5.10, this function took a non-const item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.insertColumn(column)
Parameters

column – int

Inserts an empty column into the table at column.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.insertRow(row)
Parameters

row – int

Inserts an empty row into the table at row.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.isPersistentEditorOpen(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Return type

bool

Returns whether a persistent editor is open for item item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.item(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item for the given row and column if one has been set; otherwise returns None.

See also

setItem()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemActivated(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemAt(p)
Parameters

pPySide6.QtCore.QPoint

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the item at the given point, or returns None if point is not covered by an item in the table widget.

See also

item()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemAt(x, y)
Parameters
  • x – int

  • y – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item at the position equivalent to QPoint (ax, ay) in the table widget’s coordinate system, or returns None if the specified point is not covered by an item in the table widget.

See also

item()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemChanged(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemClicked(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemDoubleClicked(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemEntered(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemFromIndex(index)
Parameters

indexPySide6.QtCore.QModelIndex

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns a pointer to the QTableWidgetItem associated with the given index.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemPressed(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemPrototype()
Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the item prototype used by the table.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.itemSelectionChanged()
PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.items(data)
Parameters

dataPySide6.QtCore.QMimeData

Return type

Returns a list of pointers to the items contained in the data object. If the object was not created by a QTreeWidget in the same process, the list is empty.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.mimeData(items)
Parameters

items

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QMimeData

Returns an object that contains a serialized description of the specified items. The format used to describe the items is obtained from the mimeTypes() function.

If the list of items is empty, None is returned rather than a serialized empty list.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.mimeTypes()
Return type

list of strings

Returns a list of MIME types that can be used to describe a list of tablewidget items.

See also

mimeData()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.openPersistentEditor(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Opens an editor for the give item. The editor remains open after editing.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.removeCellWidget(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

Removes the widget set on the cell indicated by row and column.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.removeColumn(column)
Parameters

column – int

Removes the column column and all its items from the table.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.removeRow(row)
Parameters

row – int

Removes the row row and all its items from the table.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.row(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Return type

int

Returns the row for the item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.rowCount()
Return type

int

This property holds the number of rows in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.scrollToItem(item[, hint=QAbstractItemView.ScrollHint.EnsureVisible])
Parameters

Scrolls the view if necessary to ensure that the item is visible. The hint parameter specifies more precisely where the item should be located after the operation.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.selectedItems()
Return type

Returns a list of all selected items.

This function returns a list of pointers to the contents of the selected cells. Use the selectedIndexes() function to retrieve the complete selection including empty cells.

See also

selectedIndexes()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.selectedRanges()
Return type

Returns a list of all selected ranges.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setCellWidget(row, column, widget)
Parameters

Sets the given widget to be displayed in the cell in the given row and column, passing the ownership of the widget to the table.

If cell widget A is replaced with cell widget B, cell widget A will be deleted. For example, in the code snippet below, the QLineEdit object will be deleted.

setCellWidget(row, column, QLineEdit)
...
setCellWidget(row, column, QTextEdit)

See also

cellWidget()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setColumnCount(columns)
Parameters

columns – int

This property holds the number of columns in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setCurrentCell(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

Sets the current cell to be the cell at position (row, column).

Depending on the current selection mode , the cell may also be selected.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setCurrentCell(row, column, command)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

  • commandSelectionFlags

Sets the current cell to be the cell at position (row, column), using the given command.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setCurrentItem(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Sets the current item to item.

Unless the selection mode is NoSelection , the item is also selected.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setCurrentItem(item, command)
Parameters

Sets the current item to be item, using the given command.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setHorizontalHeaderItem(column, item)
Parameters

Sets the horizontal header item for column column to item. If necessary, the column count is increased to fit the item. The previous header item (if there was one) is deleted.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(labels)
Parameters

labels – list of strings

Sets the horizontal header labels using labels.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setItem(row, column, item)
Parameters

Sets the item for the given row and column to item.

The table takes ownership of the item.

Note that if sorting is enabled (see sortingEnabled ) and column is the current sort column, the row will be moved to the sorted position determined by item.

If you want to set several items of a particular row (say, by calling in a loop), you may want to turn off sorting before doing so, and turn it back on afterwards; this will allow you to use the same row argument for all items in the same row (i.e. will not move the row).

See also

item() takeItem()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setItemPrototype(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Sets the item prototype for the table to the specified item.

The table widget will use the item prototype clone function when it needs to create a new table item. For example when the user is editing in an empty cell. This is useful when you have a QTableWidgetItem subclass and want to make sure that QTableWidget creates instances of your subclass.

The table takes ownership of the prototype.

See also

itemPrototype()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setRangeSelected(range, select)
Parameters

Selects or deselects the range depending on select.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setRowCount(rows)
Parameters

rows – int

This property holds the number of rows in the table.

By default, for a table constructed without row and column counts, this property contains a value of 0.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setVerticalHeaderItem(row, item)
Parameters

Sets the vertical header item for row row to item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.setVerticalHeaderLabels(labels)
Parameters

labels – list of strings

Sets the vertical header labels using labels.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.sortItems(column[, order=Qt.AscendingOrder])
Parameters

Sorts all the rows in the table widget based on column and order.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.supportedDropActions()
Return type

DropActions

Returns the drop actions supported by this view.

See also

DropActions

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.takeHorizontalHeaderItem(column)
Parameters

column – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Removes the horizontal header item at column from the header without deleting it.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.takeItem(row, column)
Parameters
  • row – int

  • column – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Removes the item at row and column from the table without deleting it.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.takeVerticalHeaderItem(row)
Parameters

row – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Removes the vertical header item at row from the header without deleting it.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.verticalHeaderItem(row)
Parameters

row – int

Return type

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Returns the vertical header item for row row.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.visualColumn(logicalColumn)
Parameters

logicalColumn – int

Return type

int

Returns the visual column of the given logicalColumn.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.visualItemRect(item)
Parameters

itemPySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QRect

Returns the rectangle on the viewport occupied by the item at item.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QTableWidget.visualRow(logicalRow)
Parameters

logicalRow – int

Return type

int

Returns the visual row of the given logicalRow.